Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
For the love of Gandhi
For the love of Gandhi
Young professor Shang, one of China’s foremost scholars on the Mahatma's writings, unveiled his latest project.
Shang Quanyu fell in love with Mahatma Gandhi when he was a young undergraduate student in Xian, the central Chinese city known for its terracotta warriors. Shang studied under an old “India hand” at the Northwest University, Peng Shu Zhi, who first introduced him to Gandhi’s writings. Shang was hooked, and would go on to do his PhD on Gandhi. Today he is perhaps one of China’s foremost experts on Gandhi, authoring several books on his philosophy.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
New Book Published : New book on Socio-Economic Development of Tribal Women
NEW BOOK
PUBLISHED
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF TRIBAL
WOMEN: CHANGES AND CHALLENGES
By : Rekha Talmaki
Published by : The Women Press,
Delhi
Pages : 23 + 222
Price : INR 895/-
About the Book:
Rekha Talmaki has made a serious and
commendable effort at conducting survey based research on socio-economic status
of tribal women in Valod (South Gujarat) where committed Gandhian workers have
dedicated more than 5 decades of their lives in village development activities
based on Gandhian principles. Her personal field visits have played crucial
role in bringing new insights and analysis with gender lens. She has examined
tribal women’s predicaments in the context of status of women in India in
general where main factors in determining socio-economic status have been
income, education and occupation. She has provided an exhaustive literature
review focusing on occupational life, health profile of tribal women and tribal
women’s status in the family decision making. She has also evaluated the
situation to find out to what extent Gandhian ideology of Antyodaya is
implemented vis-a-vis tribal women, who are the poorest of the poor in the
economic ladder and at the bottom of the pyramid.
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